Birthday Stuff

Ok, so Ben and I celebrated my birthday on the actual day, but I spent the next day with family, so I said I had 2 birthdays :) Here is what we did:

Birthday #1

Ben, Paxton, and I had Carinos and then went to Spoonful for the first time. This is all the rage here lately, and I felt like I was the only one who hadn't gone. It is yogurt that you can serve yourself. You get as much as you want and as many toppings as you want. Here is what I ended up with. It was yummy. (Ben got boring yogurt so I didn't take a picture of his, haha)

Paxton is so interested in what is going on around him now. I love taking him out of his seat when we go places and just watching him take everything in. It will be fun when he can actually taste the yogurt too.

My birthday present from Ben was a Nook. It is the Barnes and Noble e-book reader. I absolutely LOVE it. I am so glad Ben had such a great idea. We took this awkward picture to show that I also got the bright green back for it.
Here I am with my two new favorite things :) haha.
We thought we would have Paxton be Vanna and show it off cause he makes every picture better.

Birthday #2


I decided I wanted to do a little shopping for clothes for my birthday so we went a few places. I ended up just getting another cardigan (of course) and Paxton some flip flops! Paxton never wore shoes before this (just socks), and I decided he was old enough to wear some summer flip flops. They are so stinking cute.

After shopping we went over to the Benavides house to see everyone. We just couldn't resist taking more pictures of Paxton and his cousin Cosette. They are just adorable, and they look great together.

This picture cracks me up. Paxton is like "whoa!" Like he's never cried before...what he doesn't know is that mommy makes that same face sometimes when he cries. haha.

Friends :)

Not the greatest picture of me, but I love it cause I'm with Cosette. I'm a good tia :)

After the Benavides, we went to the Shumway house to have my brownie ice cream cake. I just love Paxton's face in this picture!

Me and my boy :) He made my birthday so much better this year.

A family picture. Don't I have a handsome husband??

These next pictures make me laugh. Spencer (my nephew) has so much energy. He was cracking me up. Here he is trying to blow out my candles too early. Me and Paxton don't look to happy about it. lol.

Here is Spencer helping me blow out the candles when it was the right time.

And here he is fanning people with the paper plate. Yes, he whacked me in the face with it. Man I love him :)

Best nephew ever.

After cake and presents my Dad went and bought my two sisters and my Mom Nooks! I brought mine over to show them, and we were giving my Dad a hard time about not buying one for my Mom. So he left and came back with 3! It was exciting cause now we can all share books. So we had a Nook party and set them all up, and got books for them. While all the girls (and Ben, who was helping my Mom) were inside, I found Paxton with Pa outside. Paxton loves being outside, and he was just so happy and content with his Pa. I love this picture.

Here they are watching the fountain in Pa's yard.

Later that night we put Paxton in his new sleeper. It is my favorite item of clothing he has right now. He looks so cute in it, and of course I am all about elephants! I love this picture too. These two boys just make my life so happy. I love them :)

So I had two great birthdays! I don't need anything fancy. I just need family and yogurt!

Memorial Day

We had a great Memorial Day. Paxton spent a lot of time at parks. At 9:00 that morning we headed over to the park for our church's 5K run. In order to run you brought canned food for the food bank. Paxton started out asleep in his stroller, but that didn't last very long. He was very happy though. He loves being outside. Here he is in his little hat :) I was able to keep him in the shade for most of the time, and there was a nice breeze so we didn't get too hot.

For the rest of the time I took him out and carried him around in my wrap. He is quite the popular little man. Someone said, "Do you have any idea that you have the cutest baby on the planet?! We try to sit close to you guys every Sunday hoping you will pass him to us so we can hold him. We just watch him the whole time trying to get his attention." That makes me so proud of my little boy :) And yes, I am aware he is the cutest baby on the planet.

Later that day Ben came home from work, and we went to our ward picnic for church at another park. My family brought us grilled chicken, and we just hung out on blankets and chatted with everyone. Paxton wasn't as happy about this park visit. He was worn out and ended up just falling asleep. Here he is with his Dada in their hats.

He was tired after his long day. I just love using my wrap.

Roxanne's Graduation

My sister Roxanne graduated on Sunday. Here are some pics...

The sister pic...too bad Roxanne has her eyes halfway closed...

Me and Paxton. He was pretty good through the whole ceremony. He just got pretty restless, but we all did, so I don't blame him.

I just love this picture! Spencer is always asking "Can I hold him?" So I decided it would be a great picture opportunity. Aren't they just so handsome??

Cousins and friends :)

Paxton was pooped out after everything.

Nicknames...

So after we decided on Paxton's name I remember my friend asked me if we were going to call him Pax. My sassy reply was, "Well, if we wanted his name to be Pax we would have named him that. No, we will be calling him by his name." (Hormones? haha jk) However, now that Paxton is here I find that Ben and I have come up with a ton of nicknames for him. We don't really mean to, it just comes out and then sticks. Here are some of the things we lovingly call our baby boy.

BooBoo

Bubbas

Bubbasitos

Pax Man

Pax

Chubby Bubby

Beebs

(my favorite right now with variations like- The Beebster)

and Puku Nuku??

(This is Ben's, and I have no idea how to spell it. He says it like pooh-coo-new-coo. Neither of us have any idea where he got this from, but it seems to be his favorite one.)

I know, most of these are weird, but we mean it with love. heh. Here are some random, recent pictures that I like.

This is a place Paxton loves to hang out. On Dada's lap.

I love this picture because I get this look a lot. It's kinda like he's thinking, "Mom, you are so weird!"

I usually carry Paxton to the bath this way at the risk of getting peed on. How cute is that bum??

I was trying to take a picture of us, but I forgot I had the zoom on. I'm a nerd. haha. However, I love how cute Paxton looks here.

Here is Paxton in deep thought. I just love his profile.

I love this picture because he makes this face a lot too. I also like how you can see how rolley polley his little thighs and arms are getting.

Life is good with the Beebs:)

4 year anniversary!

Today, Ben and I have been married for 4 years! What a fantastic 4 years it has been! I was looking at my pictures today going through memories and decided to post some of the ones showing how much fun Ben and I have together.

I love that we can be nerdy together.

I love that we laugh all the time.

I love that we have added Paxton to the wonderfulness.

I love the support we give to each other.

I love knowing that I will be with him forever.

I love how we quote movie lines together.

I love that we love the same music.

I love that we would do anything for each other.

I love how we take care of each other.

I love that he loves me no matter what hair color I am...haha.

I just love being married to him.

We are such a good pair!

here are the pics in random order....

(This is one of the first pictures I have of Ben and I. It was taken on Ben's birthday in 2004.)